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"Brother, I'm back."

When Sha Jiuye pushed open the door of the office, she was full of joy, after all, she could finally see Duanmu Huai. Although it was just a golden week holiday, it was a long time since Sha Jiuye saw him.

"I also bought you a lot of local specialties...Mika also asked me to bring you a gift...Hey?"

"Ah, you're back."

However, the person who came out to answer the door surprised Sha Jiuye.

"Satori-san?"

Looking at Menme Satori who came to greet her with a bright smile, Sha Jiuye was a little dazed for a while, and even wondered if she had gone to the wrong place.

"Why are you here?"

"Because Satori thinks it's more fun to stay with the teacher?"

"???"

Hearing the careless answer from Mianmu Satori, Sha Jiuye was confused, but soon, she saw the other two people sitting there - a beautiful girl with silver hair and a gray dress was sitting at the bar, making coffee, and on another sofa next to her, a blonde girl was holding a teddy bear, curled up there and looking at this side anxiously.

"Uh... What is this?"

At this moment, Sha Jiuye's brain was full of question marks. Although the appearance of Mianmu Satori surprised her, as one of the Five Swords, it was not surprising that she had some intersection with Duanmu Huai. But the two girls confused Sha Jiuye. They were guests, but the silver-haired girl was making coffee slowly, as if she was at home. How could she be a guest?

And what about that girl?

"I... I'll go back to my room first."

Sha Jiuye looked confused, but Shionji Yuko obviously didn't intend to get involved in these troublesome things. After all, the situation in front of her was very strange, so she decisively found an excuse and slipped back to her room.

Only Sha Jiuye stood blankly at the door. This was obviously her own home, but why did she feel... as if she was the guest?

But fortunately, at this time, Duanmu Huai finally appeared.

"Brother!"

Seeing Duanmu Huai appear, Sha Jiuye also raised his eyebrows and looked at him dissatisfied.

"What's going on?"

"Hey... ..."

Faced with Sha Jiuye's dissatisfied questioning, Duanmu Huai sighed silently, but he still bit the bullet and introduced Sha Jiuye.

"This is Xie Si Ta, she is also a detective. I met her when I went out to solve the incident. Now she is temporarily working with us."

"I see..."

Hearing this, Sha Jiuye looked at Xie Si Ta with a much more relaxed look. The latter also raised his head, smiled at her and nodded.

"Then what about that girl?"

"She........."

Duanmu Huai glanced at the blonde girl curled up on the sofa again.

"Her name is Abigail Williams. For some reasons, she can only live here."

As for why it turned out like this, Duanmu Huai could only say that Yog-Sothoth was indeed not easy to fool.

Originally, Duanmu Huai thought that as long as Yog-Sothoth was willing to help tell him where Nyarlathotep was, he would seal the girl again.

Yog-Sothoth was not stupid. It just gave Duanmu Huai a general location and told him that when the time came, it would appear again to explain the next clue.

To put it bluntly, Yog-Sothoth also knew that Duanmu Huai would definitely destroy the bridge after crossing the river, so it did not say that it was all alive, so that Duanmu Huai would keep Abigail instead of sealing her up or killing her. After Yog-Sothoth exited the possession state, Abigail became a girl who looked weak and helpless.

What else can Duanmu Huai do about this? He wanted to destroy Abigail directly, but unfortunately he still had to rely on her to show the way.

Forget it, keep it for now and wait until Nyarlathotep is expelled.

Abigail, who was not possessed by Yog-Sothoth, looked like a well-behaved, sensible and kind child, but for Duanmu Huai, this was meaningless. In fact, many games have such developments. A kind, beautiful, gentle, and angel-like heroine turned out to be a sacrifice or substitute needed to resurrect some demon or demon king, so she was hunted down.

And when the whole world was against her, the hero resolutely stood up and fought against the world to protect the heroine. However, in general, the heroine will be snatched away by the villain and then resurrected as a demon king. And just when the world was about to be destroyed, the hero's affectionate call awakened the heroine's consciousness, so they joined forces to destroy the resurrected demon king and save the world.

Congratulations, congratulations.

Well, note that this is how the general game world works.

But it is not the case in Star Sea.

In fact, as a judge, players have encountered similar tasks many times. At the beginning, many players who were deeply poisoned by traditional games chose to help the hero and heroine, so that they could finally get married, and when one of them was possessed by the devil, they chose to let the other one go up and use "true love" to wake him up, so as to expel the devil and complete a traditional happy ending.

Unfortunately, they thought so, but the problem is that this game does not give you such a good thing.

Basically, this situation ends in the following ways.

The first one, the hero sees the demonized heroine, and is terrified, and runs away directly. The heroine, who realizes that she has been abandoned, completely turns evil, merges with the devil, and destroys the entire planet.

Mission failed.

The second one, the hero summons up the courage and calls the heroine, and the heroine seems to have heard the hero's call, and she gradually recovers, and then the two hug and cry--then the heroine bites off the hero's neck and devours his flesh and blood, and then the devil says that the human's soul has been swallowed by me a long time ago, do you think I act like it? Hahaha, don't worry, you will follow in his footsteps and die together!

Mission failed.

The third one, the hero summons up the courage and calls the heroine, and the heroine hopes that the hero will stay with her forever. In the end, the hero, who is willing to be the enemy of the world for the heroine, chooses to abandon humans and stand on the side of the heroine, so the player will face two demonized enemies--well, the devil wins twice, buy one get one free, win numb.

Mission failed.

So, how to protect the world from being destroyed?

In fact, it is very simple. As an inquisitor, you just need to find the heroine before the devil and kill her directly, and there will be nothing to worry about. If the hero comes to stop you, then kill him as well.

Without the possessed container, the devil will not be resurrected, and the world will be peaceful.

Congratulations, congratulations.

The mission was successful.

Oh, by the way, for the sake of safety, it is best to kill the hero as well, otherwise he may fall because of hatred and become an accomplice of the devil.

So we must eradicate all evil and root it out.

And such tasks are to warn players again and again that they are not the princes and princesses in fairy tales, they are inquisitors, and it is not their duty to expect "true love" to save the world. Their duty is to protect mankind at all costs and eliminate the existence that threatens mankind.

The same is true for Abigail. Perhaps this weak, kind, angel-like girl is showing her nature, but the problem is that this is not important. What is important is that she is a container that can be possessed by Yog-Sothoth at any time. This alone is enough for Duanmu Huai to directly wipe it out.

But at the moment, Nyarlathotep's priority is still higher than Yog-Sothoth... After all, Yog-Sothoth is a person who doesn't offend others. Except for idiots who seek death, he is not very interested in humans. Nyarlathotep plays games with humans as guinea pigs all day long, so he must be attacked first!

If there is a chance, Duanmu Huai doesn't mind killing it directly.

In fact, strictly speaking, if it is not a last resort, Duanmu Huai really doesn't want to cooperate with Yog-Sothoth. He has never liked the kind of mysterious prophecy flow, just like Duanmu Huai said before, if the future cannot be changed, then knowing the future is a waste of time. And if the future can be changed, then knowing the future is also a waste of time.

And those who know the future 500 years in advance and the future 500 years in the future are all neurotic. Like Yog-Sothoth, it may have known all this a long time ago, and even the result, but it doesn't care, because it knows the result, which means it will not lose... Well, Duanmu Huai is too lazy to care.

To deal with this kind of guy, Duanmu Huai's method is - as long as I don't know, it's equivalent to not existing!

To ​​put it bluntly, this response method is a bit like covering one's ears and stealing the bell, and the main theme is "I think, therefore I am", but Duanmu Huai said that I am a rough man, I don't like to think about those things, and I don't do things that require brains!

So you, Yog-Sothoth, can calculate as much as you want, no matter what you calculate, I will conquer the world with a pair of fists!

See if you have more ideas or my fists are harder!

Just do it and it's done!

"………………In short, that's it."

Duanmu Huai explained Abigail's situation to Sha Jiuye, and at this moment the girl was still curled up on the sofa, like a kitten that had just been picked up, staring at Sha Jiuye with uneasy eyes. And looking at Abigail like this, Sha Jiuye's heart softened.

"Okay... Brother, I know."

As he spoke, Sha Jiuye walked in front of Abigail, hesitated for a moment, and then handed over the little panda that was sleeping in his arms.

"???"

Mimi, who was sleeping, looked confused. Duanmu Huai couldn't take it with him, so Sha Jiuye took the red panda on vacation. It was exhausted now. Mimi was planning to have a good sleep, but...what did her master want to do?

"……………………"

It must be said that the red panda is really a natural cute creature. Abigail's eyes lit up when she saw the red panda lying in Sha Jiuye's arms. She approached the red panda carefully and stared at it. Then she looked at Sha Jiuye with a pleading look and asked in a low voice.

"Can I touch it?"

"Of course."

Hearing Abigail's request, Sha Jiuye smiled slightly, and Abigail also reached out her hand, put it on the red panda's furry body, and slowly stroked it. As for the red panda, it turned its head and looked at Abigail, and then curled up again.

It can be seen that small animals are really a magic weapon to bring people closer.

Seeing that Shajiuye focused his attention on Abigail, Duanmu Huai was relieved, otherwise he really couldn't explain to Shajiuye why Menme Sanatori was in his house—Shesta was easy to explain, and Shajiuye might think that they were in the same industry and it was understandable, but Menme Sanatori...she had nothing to do with Shajiuye.

Besides, this guy is a big shot. Duanmu Huai is really afraid that Menmu Sanatori and Sakuya will say something like "your brother's milk is delicious" during the conversation. That would be the end of the matter.

It's safer to let Sakuya and Abigail play with the red panda.

However, Duanmu Huai came back this time not just because the Golden Week was over, but because the location given to Duanmu Huai by Yog-Sothoth was Japan!

In other words, Nyarlathotep is currently on this island!

Then, finding its trace is Duanmu Huai's most important task at the moment!